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Supporters win $25,000 seed funding for 2.7-mile phase of proposed rail trail
Summary
Voters approved $25,000 to establish a rail-trail expendable trust fund, a seed step advocates said is needed to leverage state and private grants for a longer-term plan to convert an abandoned 21-mile rail corridor into a recreational trail.
Voters approved Article 30, establishing a rail-trail expendable trust fund and adding $25,000 to it. Proponents said the small town appropriation is intended as a local match and demonstration of commitment that will help unlock state and private grants for a phased conversion of an abandoned rail corridor.
Chris Elliott and other proponents described a multi-year, phased plan that would begin with a 2.7-mile segment from Molten Mill Road to…
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